Politics as Usual

Alberto Russi’s wife is glad he was convicted — maybe now he’ll stop meddling in politics, she says. “But I love politics,” Russi, 92, retorted after he pleaded no contest to four counts of voter fraud for tampering with absentee ballots in the recent Miami, Fla., mayoral election. Sentencing guidelines called for a one-year jail term but the judge, citing Russi’s age, instead sentenced him to two years of probation. (UPI) ...He may actually have preferred jail — it would have been a good way to spend a year with well-known politicians.